>>we hosted the pakistan tour which had alleged match fixing and betting scandals and that kind of negative publicity does have an effect when you're trying to sell tickets to a sporting event... >>reporter: this year yorkshire will host just one day of international cricket... a 50 over match that'll be absolutely crucial to the county's annual income... >>how much of your income would be dependent on that day roughly? >>over half. >>on one day's cricket? >>yeah... in terms of what we take through gate receipts, sponsorship and everything else >>reporter: each year england play 7 home test matches... but now there are nine test venues, and mini bidding wars, combined with counties spending up large on ground improvements to better their chances of hosting tests... have come at a cost... >>i think everyone's got caught in a perfect storm. where money's been available to borrow and everyone's been chasing international cricket >>reporter: and the counties are never going to find financial relief through the 4 day county competition... >>yorkshire is in fact one the best supported counties bu